Garmin recently introduced GPSMAP 396, a portable device that puts weather data at a pilot’s fingertips. The GPSMAP 396 with XM WX Satellite Weather features Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD), METARs, TAFs, TFRs, lightning and winds aloft, and several other weather products to help pilots make informed navigational decisions. It also displays Traffic Information Service (TIS) […]
Seattle Avionics adds GlassView Moving Map/EFB
Seattle Avionics has launched its new GlassView Moving Map/EFB software, the latest tool for the company’s Voyager Flight Software System. GlassView adapts to pilots’ needs during all phases of flight. Besides showing basic GPS information, the moving map automatically displays the nearest airport, navaid and airspace information as the airplane’s position changes.
WSI adds flight plan filing
WSI Corp. has added integrated FAA Flight Plan Submission capability to its Pilotbrief Pro product line. Using a WSI system, pilots can plot a flight route, evaluate the impact of weather on their flight and, with one click, file their flight plans for approval with the FAA.
Avidyne captures title as market leader in glass cockpits
Avidyne Corp. has taken the lead in the glass cockpit market for GA. Based on aircraft shipment data from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association from the first quarter of 2003 through the first quarter of 2005, Avidyne tops the list of integrated flight display suppliers for new GA aircraft with 37.3%. In second is Rockwell […]
Hughes confidante Jack Real dies at 90
Jack Real, aviation pioneer and confidante of Howard Hughes, died Sept. 6 in Los Angeles from heart failure. He was 90. Real, who earned a mechanical engineering degree from Michigan College of Mining and Technology, began his aviation career in 1939 at the Lockheed Aircraft Co., where he worked on several designs, including the Lodestar […]
Continental to power Seawind
The Seawind 300C, an amphibious four-place airplane, will be powered by the Continental IO-550N 310-hp engine. FADEC (Fully Automated Digital Electronic Control) will be offered as an option. Seawind officials also tapped Sagem to supply a glass cockpit for the airplane, which is expected to obtain certification in both Canada and the U.S. by January. […]
FAA wants to study pilot satisfaction
The FAA wants to spend $289,000 to study pilot satisfaction with its aeromedical certification services. Critics claim the study is a waste of money, noting that those funds would be better spent on manpower to take care of the backlog in Oklahoma City. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must approve the […]
NBAA moves convention 2005 to Orlando
The National Business Aviation Association convention, one of the industry’s largest, has been relocated to Orlando. The show, originally slated for New Orleans, also has been moved up a week. It will be held Nov. 9-11.
GAMA reports increased deliveries
Deliveries of new turbine business airplanes shot up more than 31% in this year’s first half, compared to last year’s, according to a report from the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA). Exactly 100 more business jets and turboprops were delivered in the first six months of 2005 than during the same time period last year. […]